signature=3dfb27935e74a34d85ccdd65ad4e70bc,Thermal signature identification system (TheSIS): a sprea...

Paper Abstract

NASA GSFC’s Thermal Signature Identification System (TheSIS) 1) measures the high order dynamic responses of

optoelectronic components to direct sequence spread-spectrum temperature cycling, 2) estimates the parameters of

multiple autoregressive moving average (ARMA) or other models the of the responses, 3) and selects the most

appropriate model using the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). Using the AIC-tested model and parameter vectors

from TheSIS, one can 1) select high-performing components on a multivariate basis, i.e., with multivariate Figures of

Merit (FOMs), 2) detect subtle reversible shifts in performance, and 3) investigate irreversible changes in component or

subsystem performance, e.g. aging. We show examples of the TheSIS methodology for passive and active components

and systems, e.g. fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and DFB lasers with coupled temperature control loops, respectively.